CMS

Joomla, one of the leading Open Source CMS, today launched Joomla! 2.5. Keep in mind that this is a new release of the Joomla! CMS layer and is based on Joomla! Platform 11.4. Just to refresh your memory, with Joomla! 1.7 Joomla! Platform (formerly known as “framework”) was separated from…

I guess most of you would agree with me when I say that the portal marketplace has pretty much matured – most portals vendors offer significantly similar features, and all the probable acquisitions have already taken place. On the other hand, one of Portal’s complementary marketplaces has probably just hit…

So all speculations have been finally put to an END :-). EMC & FatWire announced (on 16th Feb 2010) that “They will jointly offer solutions for Web experience and brand management to help customers create engaging online experiences and ensure brand consistency”. So as part of this joint venture :…

Over the past few years, the Enterprise Portals and Enterprise Content Management product vendor space has been witnessing an overall consolidation, through several mergers & acquisitions – noteworthy of these being IBM’s acquisition of FileNet; BEA’s acquisition of Plumtree and subsequent Oracle’s acquisition of BEA ; followed by Oracle’s acquisition…

The Annual Open Source CMS awards organized by Pact Publishing have just been announced and it’s good to see WordPress join the winning club. This year WordPress has been announced as the Overall winner of the Open Source CMS award, it’s first time in the four year for the award…

True to his word, President Obama seem to be promoting the adoption of Open Source in the US government sector. “And we expect you, the American people, to hold us accountable for the results. That is why we have created Recovery.gov, so every American can go online and see how…

Joomla! An Open Source PHP & SQL based application that’s really easy to learn, easy to navigate and allows you to build fantastic websites even if you’re a stranger to PHP & the Joomla! environment – just like me :- ) Installation Installing Joomla quite simple and just a few…

In the recent past I’ve see a sudden surge in the interest the customers have been shown in Open Source Portals and Content Management Solutions. Customers have been increasingly seeking our opinion on adoption of Open Source alternatives in the PCM space.For the sudden down turn the industry has seen,…

Joomlatools a software development services org which specializes in Joomla and related technologies announced a Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) based the integration of Joomla and Alfresco. Joomla users can now leverage the Alfresco content repository and ECM capabilities, while Alfresco users can use Joomla as the presentation layer for…

I’ve not been a great fan of ATG portal – have worked on a couple of solutions around it and can’t say that I was too happy about it, specially when on has worked on products like IBM WebSphere portal. That said the decision by ATG to discontinue ATG Portal…